Folding- shift able table-top



A. TOFANL FOLDING SHIFTABLE TABLE TOP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8. Iszo.

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FOLDING SHIFTABLE TABLE TOP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8, 1920.

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FOLDING SHIFTA'BLE TABLE-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patfed Feb; 1,1921.

Application filed February 18, 1920. Serial No. 359,743.

T o all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR TorANr, a subjectof the King of Italy, (but who have declared my intention of becoming acitizen of the United States,) and now residing at the city ofPhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Folding ShiftableTable- Tops, of which the following is a specification.

- My invention relates to a table having a shiftable member and afolding member' arranged to be automatically locked in whatever shiftedposition is given the same.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a table having ashiftable member and a folding member foldable either onto the shiftablemember or `arranged for being permitted to be extended therefrom in aplane of the shiftable member, for forming either an oblong orrectangularshaped table top and the arrangement being such as that onemember becomes automatically locked the instant the shifted position isdetermined of one of the members of the said table top.

` The nature, scope and characteristic features of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1is a top or plan view of the table top, embodying the main essentialfeatures of my invention, with one of the hinged members of the tabletop folded onto the other member thereof, to provide an oblongshapedtable top.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the table top, showing the automatic lockingcontrivance kfor holding the fulcrumed folding member of the table topin whatever shifted positie given the same. f

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the two hinged members of the table top,in eX- tended position, to thereby provide a substantiallyrectangular-shaped top in a locked position.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary end view of the table top.

Fig. 5 is an underneath plan view of the table top, showingthelocking-means in a preferred form, for automatically locking theshiftable members of the table top, and

which means is adapted tofmanually release the top 1n whatever positiongiven the same and after the shiftable member is to be` given anotherultimate form, for example, from that of an oblong single leaf top'tothat. of a rectangular-shaped top; and

Fig. 6 is a detailed view of the lockingmeans for the said table top.

Referring to the drawings, a, represents the framing with four legsconstituting the table. On the under side, as shown in Fig. 5 isarranged a cross strip a1, to which is fulcrumed at b, the shiftablemember of the table top 0, to assume either an oblong form or arectangular-shape. The member c, has hinged thereto at c1, acomplemental member c2, for permitting of extension of the table topthrough first shifting the member c, on its fulcrum b, to form therebythrough the outfolding of the member c2, a substantiallyrectangular-shaped table top, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. Inopposite sides of the framing a, of the table, diag'-V onally positionedwith respect to each other, are located apertures l and d1. Alockingmeans c, is located in the rear of the said apertures andconsists of a substantially U-shaped spring e1, which is formed into acoil at c2, which latter is engaged by a post c3. VVit-hin the apertures'al and d1, the said spring e', is formed into an offset e4, to bearagainst a cross-pin c, and thereby to more or less position the same, inoperative relation within the said apertures. Beyond the said pin thesaid spring e1, is formed into an eye c, for engaging a finger therewithto manually manipulate the same, for the release of the table top memberc, previously shifted on its fulcrum b, to become automatically lockedin the position given the same, as for example,l as illustrated ineither Fig. l or 3; and which firmly holds the same, until manuallyreleased from such position by the manipulation through a finger of theeye e8, to permit of the said member being shifted either into thecondition of the table top, as illustrated in Fig. 1 or in Fig. 3, ofthe drawings.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what` Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A foldable top table having side frames provided with slots and alocking device located in rear of each slot, said lockingmeans formed atone end into a coil and In witness whereof, I have hereunto set saidmeans extending through said slot and my signature in the presence oftwo sub- 10l therein formed into an offset for becoming scribingwitnesses.

engaged `by a pin'of said slot for positioning the same and beyond saidslot formed into ARTHUR TOFANI' a finger-hold for releasing said meansfrom Witnesses:

the locked condition of the table top, sub- J WALTER DoUGLAss,

stantially as described. PATRY ToFANI.

